فارس من | How did the decades-old dream of professional assistants come true?

Fars News Agency Health Group – Mohammad Rezazadeh: Medical students who complete the 7-year general and 2-year course of the project in order to specialize in the fields in question, must be admitted to the residency exam, after giving a notarized commitment as an assistant in the centers introduced by the Ministry of Health for 3 to 5 Serve years. The residency or residency period faces several problems: the salary received less than the labor salary, not as a salary but a allowance, 80 to 127 hours of service per week, which is mandatory, a notarized commitment that also happens to be mandatory, and … maybe that’s it. The hard work had made some of them think about migrating.

The issue of the demands of specialized assistants is one of those demands that could be resolved with the sympathy and cooperation of residents and officials. The important point is that despite the work pressure and physical and mental hardships, the residents followed up their protests and complaints through letters to the officials of the Ministry of Health, and when they felt that their demands were not taken into consideration, the capacity of these networks was formed by forming virtual groups. Used. In order for the residents to pursue their demands with more vigor, they set up an “Assistant Office of the Medical System Organization” with 14,000 members.

On the other hand, they used the capacity of various media to fulfill their demands without any treatment or behavior that would tarnish the dignity of the medical community, and even took the opportunity of the elites to meet with the Supreme Leader of the Revolution and make their voices heard.

* Request of assistants from the Supreme Leader

During the elite meeting with the Supreme Leader, one of the medical students asked the Supreme Leader to address this issue and address the problems of this group, which has passed the most difficult tests to enter the field of service.

Mohammad Reza Ganj-e-Danesh, a medical student and gold medalist of the Student Olympiad, stated in this meeting: For 10 years, the country’s health ministers have been aware that assistants are under pressure. 400 to 500 hours of work activity, psychological stress, high psychological stress with a salary of 3.5 million Tomans puts a lot of pressure on the assistants. There is a solution to these problems and we hope that this point will be achieved with His Excellency’s emphasis.

In response to the student’s request, the Supreme Leader asked Dr. Bahram Ainollahi, Minister of Health, to follow up on this issue, and in response, the Ministry of Health reported the issue of medical assistants’ fees to medical universities with the approval of the Board of Trustees. .

Finally, Abolfazl Bagherifard, Deputy Minister of Education of the Ministry of Health, announced an increase in the salary of specialized assistants for this year and said: the salary of single assistants will be 60 million Rials and married assistants will be 80 million Rials. There are training hospitals in the country where assistants play an important role. According to the doctors’ performance-based payment instructions, the work will also be given to the assistants.

* Insurance status of specialized assistants

Of course, the increase in fees is only one of the problems of medical assistants, and assistants hope that issues such as insurance, work history, supplementary insurance, and the amendment of training regulations and the reduction of shifts will also be on the agenda.

They also made this demand in a letter to the former Minister of Health and following up with the Student Deputy. As a result of these activities, the Student Welfare Fund of the Ministry of Health announced the provision of health insurance, social security insurance and supplementary health insurance for assistants of more than 2,880 people and announced that about 8,000 more people have registered in the Student Welfare Fund system. Their situation will also be addressed.

In addition to these demands, the issue of converting the residency period into a job was also on the agenda of the residents. Along the way, they met with members of parliament and officials of the medical system to convey their demands to them. These consultations also yielded results, and the directors of the Ministry of Health announced that a bill on this issue has been prepared and will be included in the agenda of the various deputies of the Ministry of Health. According to Bagherifard, if this happens, assistants will enjoy the minimum salary and benefits of a general practitioner. Reducing unreasonable stress and getting paid in proportion to changing some unfair regulations is also one of the ongoing activities.

* The story of the notarized affidavit of specialized assistants

Another issue that caused a lot of problems for the assistants was the issue of getting a commitment from them. Physicians who are admitted to the residency exam after completing a two-year general plan were required to sign an undertaking that they must serve at least half and at most up to twice the length of study at any place designated by the Ministry of Health.

Also, if the assistant fails to complete the course for any reason, he or she must pay at least double the fee; This means that even if the resident dies, his family will have to pay this fee. These obligations are while in the text of the commitment letter there is no amount of salary or ceiling number of guards and maximum hours of service; With this situation, the faculty of medical universities have full authority to oblige residents to 80 to 127 hours of activity per week with a salary of 2 million and five hundred thousand tomans.

The assistants used the capacity of the country’s media, as well as consulting with members of parliament, to pursue this important issue, as did their other demands. But in this way, they did not neglect their legal capacity. They raised the issue in the Court of Administrative Justice and were able to obtain a verdict to annul the bylaws.

The full text of the lawsuit read.

Residents in my Fars

Fars News Agency was one of the most important media outlets that followed the demands of residents during these years. Specialist assistants had repeatedly registered their claims in the form of scans in the Farsman system; The scans, which had thousands of signatures on them, required Fars News Agency reporters to prioritize the issue according to their commitment to the audience. Although to date some of the demands of this hard-working group of the health system have been met by following the trade unions and the media, but Fars News Agency has put the pursuit of other demands of this group on its agenda.

Residents who have struggled for decades with small and large problems have shown in recent years that they can turn seemingly unattainable dreams into reality with empathy and the use of legal and media capacities.

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